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he was born in august 19, 1995 in the state of colorado, city of denver. he was raised in america from when he was a child and to lose 10 years old -- until he was 10 years old. i never thought that one day this nice boy would be killed by his own government. speaking of hiss grandson that was killed in u.s. drone strike. that video was produced by the aclu. thank you to co-founder of codepink, medea benjamin, offer of "drone warfare: killing by remote control." she was in yesterday's hearing, recently back from protesting drone strikes in pakistan. when we come back, we will turn to a former cia analyst, m,eel goodman. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> back in 2009, he wrote a song and dance for the entire year. that was on 109. the lyrics are from the torture memos of the bush a ministration. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> we continue our coverage of the senate confirmation hearings for john brennan as director of the cia. looking at his role inside the cia under george w.
he was born in august 19, 1995 in the state of colorado, city of denver. he was raised in america from when he was a child and to lose 10 years old -- until he was 10 years old. i never thought that one day this nice boy would be killed by his own government. speaking of hiss grandson that was killed in u.s. drone strike. that video was produced by the aclu. thank you to co-founder of codepink, medea benjamin, offer of "drone warfare: killing by remote control." she was in yesterday's...
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in new york city, peoples whose homes were ruined by superstorm sandy gathered on the steps of city hall to call for assistance and denounce squalid living conditions in shelters and hotels where they have been forced to live. thousands of people still remain in temporary housing more than three months after the storm. isaiah douglas laws is one of them. he describe the difficulty of his family's situation. >> we need assistance. this is too much for us to handle emotionally and physically. this is a scary situation. if i can ask for one thing, i just want to live in my home peacefully and go to sleep without worrying about anything. >> aid groups joined with evacuated families at the event tuesday to outline a series of demands for assisting low-income people left homeless by sandy. >> there are few things the city can do, first and foremost is to move families from unsafe and unsanitary conditions we have seen that some of these you back to me hotels. the second is to provide immediate services like food and transportation. the most important is to work on a long-term housing situation
in new york city, peoples whose homes were ruined by superstorm sandy gathered on the steps of city hall to call for assistance and denounce squalid living conditions in shelters and hotels where they have been forced to live. thousands of people still remain in temporary housing more than three months after the storm. isaiah douglas laws is one of them. he describe the difficulty of his family's situation. >> we need assistance. this is too much for us to handle emotionally and...
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and the bbc asked me to do a documentary about the migration from the city i was born three hours really excited to do this. i was able to hear these amazing stories. a lot of the voices were translated into english. years later my wife and i decided to do something about it. >> we will be joined in a few minutes by radio ambulante's founder and producer, daniel alarcÓn, and producer annie correal it first, i want to turn to one of the stories from their show. it was read live to in recent public performance that takes place in tijuana, the world's busiest border crossing. producer ruxandra 3-d tells the story, which begins with her search for u.s. border guard named angelika desima. >> when i find her, she is a little nervous, wearing the official navy blue of customs and border protection. i've come to learn about what she does, what this border looks like to her. she must be baking beneath the sun. that english-speaking, we're still in mexico but there is no question who is in charge of this part of the border. anjali and i are facing u.s., behind us, the analyst roads of idling cars
and the bbc asked me to do a documentary about the migration from the city i was born three hours really excited to do this. i was able to hear these amazing stories. a lot of the voices were translated into english. years later my wife and i decided to do something about it. >> we will be joined in a few minutes by radio ambulante's founder and producer, daniel alarcÓn, and producer annie correal it first, i want to turn to one of the stories from their show. it was read live to in...
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180 people lost their lives building was bombed in the northern city of aleppo. the head of refugee operations for the middle east and north africa warned syria's violence is causing system of destruction. >> it is an appalling situation in syria. all of these figures probably are not capturing the true story of how syria, the people, but also the syria the country, are facing systematic destruction. >> for diplomats recently have claimed a small breakthrough in the impasse between syrian rebels and president al-assad after opposition leader said he is open to sitting down with al- assad's aids. iran in president ahmadinejad has arrived in cairo for a three-day visit to attend a summit of the organization of islamic cooperation. it is the first trip to egypt by an iranian leader since iran's 1979 islamic revolution. israel has carried out a new series of raids in the occupied west bank, arresting 23 members of the group hamas. three of those detained were lawmakers in the palestinian parliament. the arrests come as israeli forces have dismantled yet another pales
180 people lost their lives building was bombed in the northern city of aleppo. the head of refugee operations for the middle east and north africa warned syria's violence is causing system of destruction. >> it is an appalling situation in syria. all of these figures probably are not capturing the true story of how syria, the people, but also the syria the country, are facing systematic destruction. >> for diplomats recently have claimed a small breakthrough in the impasse between...
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police officer christopher dorner, the city offers its largest reward ever for the man accused of killing three. in his online manifesto, dorner threaten to wage and conventional and asymmetrical warfare against the police department he accused of racism and corruption. the united states ratchets up this economic war against iran ahead of this month's nuclear talks. >> i want to underscore to iran, the window for diplomacy is still open and we have agreed to meet iran again in two weeks. we have made our position clear. the choice is really up to iran. >> will speak with president of the national iranian american council. and historian on the largest and unconventional life of misses paul robeson. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the vatican has announced pope an addict will step down as head of the catholic church later this month. it's a surprise move makes benedict the first pontiff to resign in nearly six centuries his policy has been marked by a range of issues and a number of child molestation scandal and the catholic church incl
police officer christopher dorner, the city offers its largest reward ever for the man accused of killing three. in his online manifesto, dorner threaten to wage and conventional and asymmetrical warfare against the police department he accused of racism and corruption. the united states ratchets up this economic war against iran ahead of this month's nuclear talks. >> i want to underscore to iran, the window for diplomacy is still open and we have agreed to meet iran again in two weeks....
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protests are taking place in numerous cities across the country to mark what has been described as the longest-running uprising of the arab spring. daily demonstrations for the past two weeks have called on u.s.-bought monarchy to address widespread human rights abuses. at least 87 people have died at the hands of security forces since 2011, and thousands more have been injured. pressure is growing for the obama administration to consider relocating the u.s. navy's fifth fleet from rain in order to push for more accountability on promised reforms. this week the government held reconciliation talks with opposition parties in the first time in more than a year. a >> for more we're joined by bahrain activist maryam al- khawaja. her father is abdulhadi al- khawaja and has been jailed since the government's crackdown. she served as the acting president of the brain center for human rights ever since the group's head nabeel rajat was a arrested and jailed. the group has just published a new report titled "two years of debts and detentions." maryam al-khawaja also serves as the co-director of
protests are taking place in numerous cities across the country to mark what has been described as the longest-running uprising of the arab spring. daily demonstrations for the past two weeks have called on u.s.-bought monarchy to address widespread human rights abuses. at least 87 people have died at the hands of security forces since 2011, and thousands more have been injured. pressure is growing for the obama administration to consider relocating the u.s. navy's fifth fleet from rain in...